Saturday, February 16, 2013

VOTING FOR OSCARS® ENDS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19

Seth MacFarlane

Final voting for the Oscars will end Tuesday,February 19, at 5 p.m.
PT. Ballots received after the deadline will not be counted. The Academy
is urging members who have chosen to vote by paper ballot to return
them well in advance of the deadline due to the Presidents Day holiday
on Monday, February 18.

The 5,856 voting members of the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will have until the 19th to vote in
up to 24 categories. This year the Academy for the first time offered
its members the option of casting their ballots online. Final voting
began on February 8.

The votes are being tabulated and verified by the international accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Oscars
for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane, and presented on Oscar®
Sunday, February 24, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood and Highland
Center®. The Oscar presentation
will be televised live on the ABC Television Network and in more than
225 countries worldwide. For more information go to Oscar.com or
download the official Oscars app.